George Leonard, who is Chief Scientist at Ocean Observatory, seemed to corroborate Widder’s assertion.
He said, “Trying to identify huge ocean creatures half a [world] away from a grainy video is tough to do, but once people start sharing specific information that begins to narrow in on defining characteristics of the creature, the identity begins to come into focus.”
Live Science estimates that the whale could have died several weeks or even months ago.
This explains why the cadaver appears in such an unrecognisable fashion. The gases released following a whale’s death serve to alter its appearance, rendering it rather different to its previous aesthetic as it roamed the deep seas.
It’s relatively common for whales to float to shore following their death.
Provided they are not consumed by sharks or other opportunists at sea first. Well, if you wished to clap your eyes on a bonafide monster of the deep, then, it seems that today is not the day that your wildest dreams are realised.
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